OK, I do not agree with polygamy or child abuse. Granted. But something about the raid and kidnapping and warehousing of children by the federal Government bothers me, too. Shades of Waco.
We had friends we with adopted teen daughters. One of them was angry with her parents for making her doing homework and keeping a curfew on school nights. She made “a phone call” to authorities and charged her loving parents with child abuse. Those authorities were soon at the door and weeks of accusations and investigation followed- all pursued by some over zealous social workers responding to charges trumped up by an angry teen who wanted to go out with her friends instead of doing her homework.
Christians need to be far more concerned (read, fearful and wary) about “Big Brother” than they are. The greatest evil in the Bible is idolatry and the greatest false god is Civil Government that assumes unscriptural authority over its citizens- the Totalitarian State. Remember the Beast from the Sea in Revelation 13. He is not Charley the Tuna or a laughing matter at all!
Along with many others, Christians worship Civil Government. They look to it for security and provision from cradle to the grave. Something, anything, that goes wrong in our society or country, the first to blame is that Government. Then we demand that it fix everything. Multitudes are totally dependent on the Civil Government as though it were their “God”. That is idolatry and Christians are as guilty of it as anyone.
There is a scriptural place for the State, but only a place. Remembering the “Sovereignty of the spheres”, Marriage and Family have government, Church has government and Business has government. All have God-given responsibilities that must be respected, each by the other. That includes Civil Government (the State) The more separate, although co-operative, they are, the better.
If the State (or the feds) can come on like gangbusters and run rampant over one church and hundreds of marriages and families in one place, BEWARE. They can do the same in another- maybe where you live or worship.
